Vipassana teacher Trudy Goodman shares how we can alleviate suffering by holding both universal and personal truths in our awareness.

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In this episode, Trudy Goodman provides wisdom on:

The interwovenness of the sacred spiritual world and the conventional world
The liberation found in not clinging to the personal or the universal
How the ‘Big Mind’ of awareness can make our ‘small self’ vanish
Using the fine details of daily life as doorways into vast awareness
Reclaiming the sacred in the mundane: renewing presence in everyday moments
Seeing ourselves in the world and the world in ourselves
Accepting reality and finding the goodness in all situations
Heart-opening stories of resilience and optimism amidst personal tragedy
Lessons from Qigong: discovering depth and mindfulness in every movement
Having room for personal heartbreak, but also knowing that everything is alright

About Trudy Goodman:

Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA. For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats, engages in activism work, and teaches workshops worldwide and online. She is also the voice of Trudy the Love Barbarian in the Netflix series, The Midnight Gospel. You can learn more about Trudy’s flourishing array of wonderful offerings at TrudyGoodman.com

This episode was originally published on Dharmaseed

“The personal, the particular expression of life in the form of you, of me, of every single sentient being, is a dharma door opening into the vastness.” – Trudy Goodman

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